Fifteen Taylor Sons Eligible for Army in Mississippi Farm Family
In Crystal Springs Mississippi John Taylor a 50 year old farmer offers to sacrifice for Uncle Sam stating he has 15 sons all within military age and ready to serve. The piece notes 21 children with 15 boys among them and reports 190 registrations under the selective service act with 144 whites 24 Negroes 21 Mexicans and one Finlander. It also mentions local program participants and recent hail damage north of Bells affecting crops across two miles into Fannin County including corn cotton wheat oats and fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Sam
John Taylor
Crystal Springs
Miss
Army
Navy
Mr. Taylor
Neil Yeager
Roy Epting
Olive Neff
Mr. Ashe
Claud Truett
Sue King
Fort Worth
T. W.C. Lewis
Baylor University
J. M. Sturdivant
North Texas Gin
Bells
Fannin County
Local notables attend Church program and community sports
Willis Simmons and others appeared on a Church of Christ Young People's program. A local checker team beat a visiting Denis squad 151 to 137. Eunice Cook returned from Lancaster after teaching, and a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fogle. A Ford rollover near Denison left three uninjured. Mrs. Johnson saved them by cutting fuel. A legal notice from Grayson County cites Bartlet Annibal et al for land dispute, with a July 17 court date.
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Church of Christ Young People
Willis Simmons
Jack Spindle
O. C. Skipper
Raymond Ray
Annette Harp
Beatrice Beasley
J. M. Simmons
J. F. Spindle
Marian Simmons
Clyde Burnham
Dorothy Spindle
W. F. Holland
C. C. Fogle
Monroe Bryant
Mark Montgomery
C. Chumbley
Denis
Eunice Cook
Lancaster
Stanley Fogle
W. T. Truett
Pearl Johnson
Adah Truett
Denison
State of
Texas
Bartlet Annibal
A. M. Alexander
Josephine B. Alexander
Josephine B. Cummins
David S. Barnett
Amanda Drye
Joseph Weber
Jacob Weber
James Farris
James Feris
R. M. Lively
R. T Barnett
R. T. Barnett
John W. Clement
Mattie E. Clement
E. O. Lively
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Sherman
J. T. Long
Grayson
B. Annibal
J. Briley
Robert McKinney
W. D. Hoard
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
J. Briley Survey
A. D
Sherman Texas
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
E. Holder
District Court of
Court House
Francis Perry Clement
Jemima Louise Weaver
W. O. Weaver
Frances Raines
Ben Raines
John L. Clement
Henry Stewart
S. J. McKnight
P. O
J. W. Bradley
Small Branch
S. W. Camp
R. R. McIntyre
Choctaw Bayou
J. L. Camp
Local farmer battles varmints as chicks die and possums fall
W. C. Cook reported heavy losses of about twenty young chicks recently. He set a steel trap to trap the culprit and has since trapped five young opossums. Miss Mildred Cantrell returned from Denton where she attended North Texas State Normal for the past term.
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W. C. Cook
Mildred Cantrell
Denton
North Texas State Normal
Richard Lee dies after noon at work
Richard Lee died Monday afternoon while working in the J. H. Looney field. The home of Mr and Mrs Elgie Fields on East Grand avenue was damaged by fire last Saturday. Miss Maurine May returns home for the summer from the University of Texas. The area hosts several students visiting over the weekend and teachers for the next term are Byron Caraway Ralph Judd Marian Barbee Maurine May.
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Richard Lee
J. H. Looney
Elgie Fields
East Grand Avenue
Ira Fleming
Buell Spindle
Leonard
Maurine May
University of Texas, Austin
One Sale Too Many and a Box of Eggs Gaffe
A homemaker joked with a grocery manager after a delivery when a box contained ten eggs. The manager quipped that she would keep buying until she sent a box to someone who could count, revealing a humorous exchange in a local shop.
Ten Dollar Groceries In 1939 Now Cost Twenty Four
Washington reports Labor Department figures showing a ten dollar prewar basket rising to 24.47 today with 26 items up in price. Grocers authorized to raise prices on 14 foods from June 2. The sample list contrasts flour sugar rib roast and others from 1939 1950 and today. Also notes wedding banter as part of the page.
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Washington
Labor Department
Office of Price Administration
Deepest Ocean Reaches 36,640 Feet Near Guam
British surveyors aboard the Challenger recorded a new ocean depth of 36,640 feet in a western Pacific trench south of Guam. The measurement, made with sonar and a weighted steel line, surpasses the prior record of 34,440 feet.
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Challenger
Guam
Pacific
Parking Meter Message Sparks Wry DMV Style Wit in Denver
Denver traffic officer reports a damaged parking meter card bearing a scornful line about wives. The note reads Out of order won't take money God how I wish my wife was like that. The juvenile digression appears on a downtown meter card and drew attention from the street scene.
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Denver
Joe Breusch
New Ocean Depth Record Breaks Cape Johnson Benchmark
A remeasurement in 1950 confirms the Cape Johnson Deep as 200 fathoms 1 200 feet shallower than the Challenger Deep. The Challenger Deep now exceeds the Cape Johnson Deep by this margin, marking the new deepest known ocean trench depth in the Philippine region near Surigao Strait.
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Surigao Strait
Philippine Islands
Cape Johnson
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S. H. Montgomery Agency
Gomer
the Sun
State of Texas
Granville Owen Hunter
Mae Hunter Hill
J.C. Buchanan
Marguerite Berry
Colbert F. Wilsom
Colbert F. Wilson
Boutonnieres
Mrs
Glenn Doss
Ethel Short
Seymore Bradley
Joseph W. Bradley
Wesley W. Bradley
Thomas N. Bradley
J.C. Camp
J. C. Camp
McKnight
Margaret E. McKnight
R. B. Whitted
Sarah Whitted
S. G. Perkins
DODGE
Plymouth
Montgomery Motor
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery, Mer. & Co
Dodge-Plymouth
W. Main
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